New
Online Look for Golden Gate Transit Schedules
Beginning
Friday, March 19, when Golden Gate Transit customers log on to
www.goldengate.org they
will be greeted by improved access to their bus schedules. Schedules
will be available in html format using information that is electronically
uploaded from Golden Gate Transits computerized scheduling
program.
The electronic uploading process allows the most up-to-date bus
schedules to be uploaded, including any adjustments made between
publications of the printed Golden Gate Bus and Ferry Transit
Guide.
In addition to having the schedules available in html format,
schedules will also be available as PDF files for convenient printing
purposes. A customized trip planning feature, maintained by the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, will also be available
shortly. This trip planner will allow customers to plan their
specific trips within the Golden Gate Transit system as well as
with most other Bay Area transit operators.
According to GGT Deputy General Manager Susan Chiaroni, While
our customers have been through some very difficult times of late
with our recent system downsizing, it is cost-effective programs
like this that will go a long way towards improved customer service
by making the most current schedules readily available to them.
This is the second of two technology improvements aimed at improving
customer information materials undertaken in the last year. The
first created a direct electronic upload of the schedule information
from the computerized bus scheduling system to the necessary software
used publish the Golden Gate Bus and Ferry Transit Guide. These
improvements are estimated to save the District over $117,000
annually in printing from the previous design.
To
access the new schedules, go to http://www.goldengatetransit.org/schedules/pages/Bus-Schedules.php
